as far as lindsey graham, i don't know why the tea party is trying to get rid of him. he bashes obama constantly. i have two tv sets on to watch them. the election is over. if you have got a problem, get to your representative or senator and ask him to do the business of the people. they work for us. but when they get elected and they think they are our boss. host: we will be talking about getting to work, coming up next, in the fiscal cliff talks. i first want to let you know that first lady michelle obama will be presented with the official white house christmas tree today. it is a 19-foot fur from jefferson, south carolina that this month.ed they have been presenting the official white house christmas tree for display in the blue room each year since 1966. so that's a little history. coming up next, we will take a look at how the federal government is preparing for the so-called sequestration, the automatic spending cuts to defense and domestic spending. later, a discussion of reforming the u.s. postal service by the end of this year. the u.s. postal service lost $1